Xcel Energy will cut power to 9,000 customers in northern Colorado starting Friday morning ahead of strong winds and fire danger, utility officials announced Thursday.

Polis spoke out against Trump, talked abt affordability, universal health care & so many pop culture references. "In 'Lord of the Rings,' Sam speaks to Frodo saying 'there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.' CO, there's so much good and we keep fighting for more."

Last week, an anti-ICE protester was permanently blinded by a less-lethal munition shot by a Department of Homeland Security agent. It’s not the first time someone has been blinded by a less-lethal munition, as seen in Long Lead's feature THE PEOPLE VS. RUBBER BULLETS:

👀 @cookpolitical.com moves #CO05 from Solid R to Likely R. This Colorado Springs based seat has never been held by a D since it was created. #copolitics

Customers of Colorado’s health insurance marketplace face hard choices, but most are staying covered www.cpr.org/2026/01/15/c... via @codaleynews.bsky.social & me #copolitics

President Donald Trump threatened to deploy US military forces to quell protests in Minnesota in response to violent encounters involving federal immigration agents

SCOOP: 27 military lawyers are expected to onboard as temporary immigration judges this week. They will train with 6 new permanent judges. I previewed the move in my story regarding the closure of courtrooms in San Francisco. New judges will go to CO, MA, AZ, CA, UT, MD, + LA.

JUST IN: Minneapolis city officials reported a shooting in north Minneapolis Wednesday night. The Associated Press said a federal officer shot a person in the leg. This is an ongoing story and will be updated as we learn more.

SPJ strongly condemns the FBI’s execution of a search warrant at the home of Hannah Natanson, a reporter for The Washington Post Congress passed the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 to prevent this. Press freedom isn’t a courtesy — it’s the law. 🔗Read more: bit.ly/4by2IIo

"Three sources said they believe total cuts to nonprofit groups, many providing street-level care to people experiencing addiction, homelessness and mental illness, could reach roughly $2 billion." Reporting via @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

State lawmakers are back at the Capitol starting today. Here's a primer for a new session from @bentebirkeland.bsky.social www.cpr.org/2026/01/14/c...

Riverstone Academy is intended to test legal boundaries related to the separation of church and state

Several faculty groups have denounced the Trump administration’s efforts to obtain information about Jewish professors, staff and students at the University of Pennsylvania – including personal emails, phone numbers and home addresses – as government abuse with “ominous historical overtones”.

Over more than three hours of oral arguments on Tuesday, justices grappled extensively with questions about sex and gender as the Supreme Court heard cases on whether bans in Idaho and West Virginia are violating transgender athletes’ rights to compete in organized sports. https://bit.ly/3Zb7WT3

Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent, and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter, according those with knowledge of their decision. nyti.ms/4qUl36Z

The Denver City Council is debating whether to ban law enforcement officers from wearing facemasks.

NEW: Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.

A Minnesota state representative said two Richfield Target employees detained by U.S. Border Patrol on Jan. 8 were U.S. citizens and were both injured in the incident.

Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.

From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: USWNT captain Lindsey Heaps is joining the Denver Summit, Colorado’s first professional women’s soccer club, in June. She's returning to her hometown after eight years of playing overseas.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Friday from enforcing part of an executive order directing the government to withhold federal election funds to states that do not alter their voting procedures in line with the president’s demands.

My dispatch from today in Minneapolis, where folks are mourning, but also on edge — because ICE hasn’t let up, and neither has the pushback (including from religious leaders). religionnews.com/2026/01/09/p...

Feds to reject a Colorado clean air plan because it aims to close coal-fired power plants www.cpr.org/2026/01/09/e... #copolitics

Breaking News: The Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center after President Trump’s intervention upset artists and donors. The opera has performed there since 1971.

Officials are calling for transparent investigations into controversial shootings involving federal agents. Here's a recap of the latest developments in Portland and Minneapolis.

In 2018, I took a trip to Fort Roy at Royville. Its sole inhabitant: Roy L. Smith, aka Ramblin’ Roy. The artist/musician/cowboy died recently. Glad I got to learn his story. We have a remembrance of Smith today, plus a lot of other important Colorado news to know. www.cpr.org/podcast-epis...

The new legislative session kicks off Wednesday, and on a new Purplish we preview the politics, policy and pressures excepted to shape it. www.cpr.org/podcast-epis...

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“officials at Roosevelt High School said armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders”

Updated with a respond from DHS: “The Star Tribune should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for their reckless behavior, and they should delete their story immediately."

Denverites, in case you forgot, this is called SNOW [snoh] Photo by @kevinjbeaty.bsky.social

Border Patrol typically only has legal authority within 100 mi. of the U.S. border. That raised questions when Cdr. Gregory Bovino was at the scene of the fatal shooting of Renee Good. MPR News spoke with legal scholar César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández about that agency’s jurisdiction in Minnesota.

A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe. @reuters.com

Woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis originally from Colorado www.cpr.org/2026/01/07/f...

The Trace has identified 14 shootings by federal immigration agents as of January 7. They include the shootings of three people observing or documenting ICE raids. www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...

“The controversial $100 million-plus project to renovate the state Capitol complex and nearby government buildings comes amid an $850 million shortfall that will lead to reduced services for Colorado residents.” Via Axios Denver www.axios.com/local/denver...

In an interview with The New York Times, President Trump said “only time will tell” when asked how long the U.S. would want oversight of Venezuela. “I would say much longer” than a few months or a year, he said. Follow live updates.

President Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from dozens of international organizations, including U.N. commissions and major bodies set up to tackle climate change.

“A post on an Instagram account that appears to belong to Good states she was a ‘poet and writer and wife and mom and s***** guitar strummer from Colorado; experiencing Minneapolis, MN,’ according to the Minnesota Star Tribune.”

"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

Federal authorities say an ICE agent, “fearing for his his life” killed a protester during a confrontation Wednesday in south Minneapolis. A presence of federal law enforcement has sparked protesting near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue.

It’s the latest in a series of executive branch moves targeting the state.

What to know about the Trump administration’s latest moves on child care funding and how they will affect Colorado

Good news: All evacuations lifted on this fire.

State Sen. Mark Baisley leaving the very crowded R gov primary field to join the less crowded R Senate primary field. Rs in this primary include Joshi Janak, George Markert & Dathan Jones. #copolitics #cosen

Reporting via @sambrasch.bsky.social www.cpr.org/2026/01/05/t...

Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as interim president, as the Venezuelan government sought to show its people and the world that it is being run independently. n.pr/4aGzcQo

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of vaccines recommended for all children. The action follows a presidential memorandum ordering a review of the U.S. schedule. n.pr/4pq823V